SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD Budget Gap is now $8M and a Proposal for debate
PUSD has distributed an updated budget gap analysis showing a need to reduce expenditures by $8M. PUSD's proposed reductions contain significant impact to our children and the... |
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on Jan 29, 2010 at 7:14 am by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
'Paper or plastic?' Neither after next Jan. 1
Starting next Jan. 1, shoppers in Pleasanton will have to use their own bags for groceries and other merchandise or pay for ones stores will have to provide.
Read the full st... |
Editor |
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on Mar 19, 2013 at 3:54 pm by Gary S., a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district spends $10,000 on fancy television and iPads
Yesterday, I read in the newspaper that though instructional hours have been cut, the school district had the audacity to spend $10,000 on a big flat screen television and iPa... |
Shopping Spree |
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on Sep 24, 2012 at 2:49 pm by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD Slashes Instructional Time for Students in Secret
PUSD sent home a muddled barely readable letter that is difficult to interpret, but some say that they are cutting instructional time for Grades 1 - 3 by 40 minutes a day Dist... |
What? |
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on Jun 13, 2012 at 8:08 pm by jake, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School cuts have human faces
Sixteen teachers and 45 classified employees will either be losing their jobs or have their hours cut again under the proposed 2010-11 budget from the Pleasanton Unified Schoo... |
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on Jun 11, 2010 at 8:47 pm by a reader, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School Employee who will vote NO on Measure G
I too will be voting no on Measure G for a variety of reasons. The Union of school employees is actually failing our teachers, our employees and our kids. When you have a sy... |
Concerned |
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on May 28, 2009 at 11:53 am by Me, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
SPORTS
Parcel tax may be back on the horizon
The words "parcel tax" and "cuts" were used abundantly Tuesday night as the school board discussed the Pleasanton Unified School District's (PUSD) plans to deal with the $4.5-... |
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on Mar 20, 2008 at 11:33 am by Anonymous, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Union picketing Castlewood today after country club locks out hourly workers
More than 40 pickets from the UniteHere! Local 2850 hotel workers union chanted and marched at Foothill Road and the entrance to the Castlewood neighborhood this morning after... |
Editor |
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on Aug 30, 2011 at 11:44 pm by Joe Hill, a resident of the Valley Trails neighborhood |
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
Police Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid
I was shopping at the Kohls Department store this morning around 10:30a.m. and witnessed a Police I.C.E. raid on El Balazo restaurant. I am glad to see that Pleasanton is NOT... |
Anne |
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on May 15, 2008 at 6:13 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A parcel tax is a thinly veiled excuse to have access to a pot of discretionary funds.
The superintendent is using scare tactics saying they will cut teachers and programs. He has threatened that our children will suffer from the cuts.
Every few years there is... |
Mike |
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on Mar 6, 2008 at 9:58 am by Linda, a member of the Pleasanton Middle School community |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Pleasanton school board votes to cut 70 jobs
A week after the Pleasanton school board voted to slash more than $5.3 million in spending in anticipation of state cuts, the board made it real Tuesday by eliminating 70 jobs... |
Editor |
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on Mar 10, 2012 at 7:51 pm by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Affordable housing in Pleasanton
Like it or not, affordable housing is coming to Pleasanton, and with it, as is nearly always the case, come questions about four issues: crime, schools, housing values and tra... |
Editor |
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on Feb 21, 2012 at 9:21 pm by Sally, a resident of the Stoneridge neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
McKewon court hearing rescheduled for Jan. 9
Judge Hugh Walker granted the driver involved in a head-on collision that killed 19-year-old Laurel Williams a continuation this morning, scheduling her next hearing for Jan. ... |
Editor |
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on Dec 1, 2007 at 9:42 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How do you plan to vote on state taxes for schools?
Have you decided on how you are voting on the upcoming tax measures that say they will help schools? Are you going for Jerry Brown's tax measure (how much of this is really g... |
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on May 3, 2012 at 9:12 am by FedUpMom, a member of the Valley View Elementary School community |
AROUND TOWN
Wal-Mart could open its Neighborhood Market this summer, city says
As reported in the Pleasanton Weekly last July, Wal-Mart, the country's largest retailer, is seeking a Pleasanton city permit to open one of its new "Neighborhood Market" groc... |
Editor |
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on Jan 25, 2012 at 10:57 pm by Jargon, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
Republican Embarrassment
Until tonight, I was undecided but leaning toward Newt Gingrich's corner. Now, I just cannot do it. I am embarrassed that the party cannot come up with a single viable preside... |
Your Neighbor |
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on Jan 25, 2012 at 10:23 am by Oklahoma Fats, a resident of the Oak Tree Acres neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Drug dogs may be headed to Pleasanton high schools
Teens, teachers and parents, leave your pot at home if you're headed to any of the city's three high schools after January. A measure is headed to the school board that would ... |
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on Jan 12, 2012 at 7:58 pm by Amador Parent, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
AROUND TOWN
Staples Ranch
A group called Friends of Pleasanton started collecting signatures from registered voters this week in an effort to place an initiative on the November 2008 ballot that would ... |
Editor |
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on Sep 14, 2010 at 1:31 am by Busy z Koszalina do Holandii, a resident of the Ridgeview Commons neighborhood |
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
CLINTON HITS IT OUT OF THE PARK
In the old fashion method of speech giving, that is, let me speak with a drawl and explain complex issues clearly, Bill Clinton seems to have nailed the re-election for Obama.... |
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on Sep 11, 2012 at 7:31 pm by b, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Tutoring by PUSD teachers?
I am looking at a tutoring service in town and notice it is all Pleasanton teachers that work there. Just as a gut reaction I can't help but feel there is a conflict of intere... |
Amador Mom |
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on Oct 25, 2011 at 8:48 am by Change of Scenery, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Public Pensions - Problem Continues to Grow
More perspectives on the reality of our significant public employee pension issue. Pleasanton is faced with the exact same issue. The only thing that is saving us right now ... |
Awakening |
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on Mar 4, 2011 at 1:03 am by Consensus seeker, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
What the heck is PUSD's Core Academic Instruction Parcel Tax
Looking at the agenda for the 2/1 PUSD Special Board Meeting, is agenda item 5.1 Report, Discussion and Possible Action to Approve Resolution 2010-11.16 Calling an Election fo... |
Start Afresh |
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on Feb 2, 2011 at 8:55 am by Resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Elderly Care Facility in neighborhood
The home located at 6839 Singletree Court is being turned into a State ran elderly care facility. This will no doubt lower our already deflated property values even more and ... |
Joseph S DeRossett |
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on Dec 3, 2007 at 4:33 pm by Edna Giannotti, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board agrees in principle to bringing drug dogs onto high school campuses
If comments from school board members are any indication, the board will likely approve using drug-sniffing dogs on all three Pleasanton high school campuses.
Read the full... |
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on Jan 12, 2012 at 9:22 pm by franco, a resident of the Vineyard Hills neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers are not appreciated
I am amazed at how people are quick to blame teachers for the problems in the state budget , the failing of our education system and the general malaise of the American studen... |
Bernard |
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on Jul 14, 2011 at 8:53 am by Simone, a resident of the Sycamore Place neighborhood |
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